Only 1.9% of homes are flats in Saint-Planchers
6.2% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). At the 2023 Census Saint-Planchers was home to 1,486 people in 650 households. Single-parent households: 5.8% of the total. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Manche median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
A +9% change since 2012: faster than 68% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
In two steps, −1% to 2017 and +10% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Manche.
Older than 80% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Planchers is over 49.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Planchers 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Saint-Planchers, 28% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Manche median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Saint-Planchers has more couples with children than 67% of compared French towns, at 28%. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Planchers ranks above 86% of compared French towns on second homes: 8.5%
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Saint-Planchers has 5.3%. Empty homes are rarer here than in two thirds of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Newcomers of less than two years account for 8.4% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 27%.
Half above, half below €27,320 a year in standard of living
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The median standard of living in Saint-Planchers is €27,320 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
39% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 80% of compared French towns don’t reach
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Saint-Planchers comes in at 17%. Few places have so few households headed by a manager or professional: 5.6% here, fewer than in 80% of compared French towns. Typically, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 98% of compared French towns: 1.3%
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Foreign nationals: 0.6% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. The median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 98% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 17% of residents 15 and over are single in Saint-Planchers
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Nearly half of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 63% of compared French towns: 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Roughly two in ten: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 1,486 to 2,582 people, the 14th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Saint-Planchers: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Planchers | 49.2 | 26% | 8.5% | 1.3% |
| Saint-Pair-sur-Mer 4,507 · 2.5 mi | 60.5 | 41% | 40% | 2.2% |
| Donville-les-Bains 3,146 · 2.9 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 26% | 1.9% |
| Granville 12,510 · 2.9 mi | 58.9 | 41% | 25% | 3% |
| Bréhal 3,487 · 4.5 mi | 60.1 | 42% | 31% | 1.4% |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 2,778 · 6.3 mi | 49 | 29% | 8.9% | 1% |
| Quettreville-sur-Sienne 3,167 · 10.2 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 9.5% | 2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Saint-Planchers
What is the population of Saint-Planchers?
1,486 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,358).
How old are Saint-Planchers’ residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Planchers?
64, with occasional dwellings: 8.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Planchers?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Planchers?
€27,320 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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